Sixth-graders volunteer time to work with kindergartners

2:47 AM,
Mar. 12, 2013

Lily Laaper works with Avril Lawver with flash cards. Laaper, along with other Lincoln Elementary sixth-graders, volunteer to help assist the kindergartners every day with some classroom work to help the teacher.

Written by

Valerie Boateng
Staff Writer

Kindergarten teacher Christy Baylor said her students are excelling in the classroom thanks to the help of a handful of sixth-graders.

For years, Lincoln Elementary School has set aside time for sixth-graders to spend one-on-one time helping kindergartners with lessons. This year, Baylor and sixth-grade teacher Wendy Kimberly put into place a daily program.

"These kids have been soaring through the flash cards, their math and sight words, reading, and they're picking up things so much faster with this daily intervention," Baylor said. ...